BLM, or WLM? [MOD WARNING: FIRST POST]

One of the organisers of the Black Lives Matter demonstration that saw the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue has been charged with fraud over a fundraiser linked to the protest movement, Bristol World can exclusively reveal today.

Mentally ill people are normal. They are ill.

What do you want police to do? Beat the sh*t out of them or shoot them just in case? Or maybe lock them up in asylums and stigmatize them?

There's a few factors that you could have considered when bringing this event to the thread. The shooting happened at a peaceful protest following the deaths of 2 people at the hands of police in separate incidents. The Chief of police investigating the ambush stated that Johnson (the perpetrator of the ambush) was angry at the repeated killing of black people at the hands of police.

Another thing worth mentioning is that the perpetrator, like many other people in mass shootings, used an assault rifle. The same family of guns that Conservatives in the US are adamant should not have restrictions placed on their ownership.

You could also have mentioned that he apparently had legally acquired (in a Target parking lot) despite documented evidence of being not of sound mind because again, gun supporting conservatives do not want tight restrictions on the ability to acquire guns. These points aside, if mental health was indeed the issue its only then correct to point out that the same US Conservatives who want uninhibited access to guns recently voted against providing improved mental health support facilities in schools.

Now, for clarity, I'm not saying the guy who shot the police was correct or should be absolved for his actions or was a fine upstanding citizen or that he wasn't mentally ill or anything else you're going to pretend I am saying. What I'm saying is that looking at that event and deducing that the issue is somehow the sole outcome of BLM telling this guy that he was normal without any consideration of the wider picture or evidence that just how BLM did this is wrong.

No mentally Ill people are ill

this incident happened after this person murdered innocent people because of the propaganda of blm and its ilk

shouting slogans is one thing but this is the reality of all the propaganda and lies that just another racist organization spreads

Locked up? Without having done anything? Is that a reasonable approach for any society in the 21st century do you think?

Why would you prioritize this approach above better access to mental health treatment and other types of supports?

He murdered 5 police officers and injured 9 others ,

he was shooting at them, they tried to talk him down they gave him every chance for surrender over the course of several hours he fired at them again and again.

what do you think they should have done?

blm and its racist affiliates encouraged this murder.

I think the police had little choice other than to react the way they did once this event had started.

It's what leads up to such events I want kept in the picture and tackled appropriately. If you want to apportion blame to this event outside of the guy who carried it out, the police are much more responsible than the BLM premise.

the policemen who were murdered are responsible for their own murder at the hands of a mentally ill criminal who was manipulated and enraged by a racist organization ?

your logic is unique

That isn't what I said, I think you know this but maybe you don't. Maybe take some time to read my posts again before going all Daily Mail in a response.

na this is what you said

" If you want to apportion blame to this event outside of the guy who carried it out, the police are much more responsible than the BLM premise."

at least have the balls to stand by it

did you thin all that blm racism was just harmless fun or what, there are consequences to actions in the real world

So everyone, as soon as they experience mental health issues, should be locked up?

Do you have any idea how many tens of millions of people every year that would be?

Yes.

It will lead to many many people being locked up which will lead to consequences on the care available elsewhere in the medical system meaning many people will suffer. It will lead to the stigmatization of people who will likely suffer greatly in losing their jobs and therefore their income and the consequences that come from that are severe. It could lead to children being taken from their parents or relationships breaking down. It will lead to people who do need some form of help keeping their mouth shut for fear of being locked up. It will not stop those who genuinely want to hurt others because they will just say nothing and act in a particular way.

It's a train of thought that has long been found to be regressive and to create grater problems in virtually every developed modern day society, and many more besides.